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  package io.reactivex.flowable.extensions;
  
  import io.reactivex.flowable.Flowable;
  
  /**
   * Interface indicating a operator implementation can be macro-fused back to Flowable in case
   * the operator goes from Flowable to some other reactive type and then the sequence calls
   * for toFlowable again:
   * <pre>
   * Single&lt;Integer&gt; single = Flowable.range(1, 10).reduce((a, b) -&gt; a + b);
   * Flowable&lt;Integer&gt; flowable = single.toFlowable();
   * </pre>
   *
   * The {@code Single.toFlowable()} will check for this interface and call the {@link #fuseToFlowable()}
   * to return a Flowable which could be the Flowable-specific implementation of reduce(BiFunction).
   * <p>
   * This causes a slight overhead in assembly time (1 instanceof check, 1 operator allocation and 1 dropped
   * operator) but does not incur the conversion overhead at runtime.
   *
   * @param <T> the value type
   */
  public interface FuseToFlowable<T> {
  
      /**
       * Returns a (direct) Flowable for the operator.
       * <p>The implementation should handle the necessary RxJavaPlugins wrapping.
       * @return the Flowable instance
       */
      Flowable<T> fuseToFlowable();
  }
  